Garment-supporter.



Patented June 24, I902.

A. P. &. E. S. RICHARDSON.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

(Application filed Feb. 25, 1902.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTEIWIAS P. RICHARDSON AND EUGENE STANLEY RICHARDSON, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA; SAID ARTEMAS P. RICHARDSON ASSIGNOR TO SAID EUGENE STANLEYRICHARDSON.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,300, dated June 24,1902.

Application filed February 25, 1902. Serial No. 95,555. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ARTEMAS P. RICHARD- SON and EUGENE STANLEYRICHARDSON, citizens of the United States, residing in the city andcounty of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in a garment-supporter; and itconsists of a body portion having means for attaching the same to agarment and for supporting the same on the wearer.

Figure 1 represents an elevation of a garment-supporter embodying ourinvention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof. gig. 3 representsa sectional view on line one,

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a garment-supporter having abody portion B, in the upper portion of which is a slot C, and havingstruck up from said body portion a finger D, forming slots E and Fbetween said finger and said body portion, the lower portion of thelatter being provided with a, slot G, one wall, K, of which is providedwith a compound bend, and said slot G in the present instance extends atan angle to the slots between the body portion and the finger and isadapted to receive the garment to be supported, it being seen that thebody portion has a bend at L, whereby the lower portion is in adifierent plane from the upper portion, and that the free end of saidfinger D is curved, as at H, in the opposite direction from the bend Lfor ease of inserting the supporting means.

It will be noted that the upper portion of the garment-supporter isinclined, as at J, and that the slot C extends in the body portion atsubstantially the same angle as the upper portion of thegarment-supporter.

The operation is as follows: Elastic or other suitable material issecured to the body portion through the slot C, and after passing aroundthe leg of the wearer is inserted in the slots E and F, and thegarment-supporter is thus held in position while a portion of thegarment to be supported enters the slot Grin the body portion B and isthereby supported, it being seen that this device obviates the sewing onof buttons, the use of clips, that it can be quickly and easilymanipulated, andthat it is durable.

It will be evident that changes may be made by those skilled in the artwhich will come within the scope of our'invention; but we do not,therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exactconstruction herein shown and described.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a garment-supporter, a body portionwith a slot in the upper portion thereof, and with slots extending at anangle to the firstmentioned slot forming a finger and having formed inthe lower portion thereof, a slot extending at an angle to saidsecond-mentioned slots.

2. In a garment-supporter, a body portion formed with a slot in theupper portion thereof, a finger projecting from said body portionforming slots on each side thereof and said body portion having formedin its lower part a slot adapted to receive a garment.

3. In a garmentsupporter, a body portion, means for securing the same toelastic or other suitable material a finger on said body portion havingan end which is curved from the plane of said body portion and said bodyportion being formed with a slot in its lower .part adapted to receivethe garment.

4.. A garment supporter, a body portion formed with a slot in its upperportion a finger on said body portion forming slots on each sidethereof, said slots extending at an angle to the first-mentioned slotand said body portion being provided with a slot in .its lower portionextending at a different angle to the slots above mentioned.

5. In a garment-supporter, a body portion, means for securing the sameto elastic or other suitable material, a finger on said body portionforming the slots on each side thereof an end of said finger beingcurved from means for securing the same to elastic or other suitablematerial a finger on said body portion forming slots on each sidethereof the I 5 lower portion of said body portion formed with a slotone wall of which is provided with a compound bend.

ARTEMAS 1. RICHARDSON. EUGENE STANLEY RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, C. D. MOVAY.

